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With Spawn, legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful comic book in history. Spawn: Origins Book 1 includes classic Spawn stories written by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, as well as the introduction of memorable characters into the Spawn universe. Collects Spawn issues #1-8 and #11-14.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Apologies to the other reviewers but there seems to be a deal of confusion regarding this hardcover collection of the first twelves issues of Spawn, due in no small measure to the simultaneous publication of 12-issue hardbacks and 6-issue paperbacks under the same 'Origins Collection' banner. Seeing as I've just noticed this review pop up under other products' pages, this is the book I'm reviewing - Spawn: Origins Book 1
What THIS book contains is the first twelves issues of Spawn for the first time in a single volume ever (discounting the out-of-print special edition of this book which you won't be finding any time soon for less than an obscene amount of money), so you get eight issues from McFarlane and one each from Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Frank Miller. Honestly, this is Spawn at its absolute best, back when it was brimming with promise and before said promise settled into one of the most prolonged stretches of fancily-written, goregously-illustrated but ultimately progress-free runs in comics history. The art here is courtesy of Todd himself (Greg Capullo has yet to show up) and as ever it looks spectacular, particularly in this oversized presentation.
If you're curious about this edition in particular, it's the same size as Marvel's oversized line (such as their Omnibus series). The artwork is printed on the book which doesn't come with a dust jacket and features a matte white with the image of Spawn battling Violator in gloss. The book has a sewn binding which is quite stiff but the very middle suffers from no gutter loss. In terms of extras, there's snippets from interviews with Todd that act as a foreward and afterward as well as being interspersed between issues, and 33 pages of extras which comprise original pencilled and inked pages, older trade covers and the Capullo covers for the two paperback Origins Collections (which are missing two of the issues collected here). Perhaps most interesting is a foreward for issue 10 (the Dave Sim Cerebus issue) in which Sim explains why it's never been reprinted before now as well as shedding some light on why the four-issue run of guest writers came about. The spine for this volume is perfectly synchronous with those of the following four with only the numbering and the colour of the skull and text changed.
All in all, it's a beautiful book and to date the nicest mass-produced version of these early storied. The Spawn Collection books that were in publication a few years ago were better value in that they contained twenty issues apiece and cost less, but these volumes are gorgeous, uniform and for the first time for Spawn collections, tastefully executed. I look forward to picking up the rest of the books, but for nostalgic value this is the best there is.
What THIS book contains is the first twelves issues of Spawn for the first time in a single volume ever (discounting the out-of-print special edition of this book which you won't be finding any time soon for less than an obscene amount of money), so you get eight issues from McFarlane and one each from Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Frank Miller. Honestly, this is Spawn at its absolute best, back when it was brimming with promise and before said promise settled into one of the most prolonged stretches of fancily-written, goregously-illustrated but ultimately progress-free runs in comics history. The art here is courtesy of Todd himself (Greg Capullo has yet to show up) and as ever it looks spectacular, particularly in this oversized presentation.
If you're curious about this edition in particular, it's the same size as Marvel's oversized line (such as their Omnibus series). The artwork is printed on the book which doesn't come with a dust jacket and features a matte white with the image of Spawn battling Violator in gloss. The book has a sewn binding which is quite stiff but the very middle suffers from no gutter loss. In terms of extras, there's snippets from interviews with Todd that act as a foreward and afterward as well as being interspersed between issues, and 33 pages of extras which comprise original pencilled and inked pages, older trade covers and the Capullo covers for the two paperback Origins Collections (which are missing two of the issues collected here). Perhaps most interesting is a foreward for issue 10 (the Dave Sim Cerebus issue) in which Sim explains why it's never been reprinted before now as well as shedding some light on why the four-issue run of guest writers came about. The spine for this volume is perfectly synchronous with those of the following four with only the numbering and the colour of the skull and text changed.
All in all, it's a beautiful book and to date the nicest mass-produced version of these early storied. The Spawn Collection books that were in publication a few years ago were better value in that they contained twenty issues apiece and cost less, but these volumes are gorgeous, uniform and for the first time for Spawn collections, tastefully executed. I look forward to picking up the rest of the books, but for nostalgic value this is the best there is.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book comprises the numbers 13 to 25 after "Original Collection Book 1".
If you notice the description above in Amazon's page (and plenty more sites) the issue numbers are wrong! And I am glad!! because I was afraid to order and receive repeated stories inside the book ... and there aren't any.
If you notice the description above in Amazon's page (and plenty more sites) the issue numbers are wrong! And I am glad!! because I was afraid to order and receive repeated stories inside the book ... and there aren't any.
Format:Hardcover
Fascinating stories that showed me why the Spawn had so much success.
The gentle Spawn being deceived by an Angel (for a greater good, of course) is something very pleasant to read.
The gentle Spawn being deceived by an Angel (for a greater good, of course) is something very pleasant to read.
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